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Fresh out of college, 22-year-old Mykala Walker found a job that seemingly checked all the boxes: a pipeline into AT&T ranks, a $70,000 salary and a career that mirrored her mother, Marvy Moore, a company executive.
Walker applied. She interviewed. But when her mother’s name repeatedly came up, she realized she wanted to forge her own path.
So, she instead took a $10-an-hour internship with the Atlanta Hawks. She worked 40 hours a week and made 100 calls a day asking Atlanta residents — most of whom didn’t care — to be Hawks fans.